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Prohibition against
mixing rice with other qualities or with foreign substance.
Power of entry and inspection and taking samples.
Penalty.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
Saving of
other powers.
Power to suspend or revive
operation of Ordinance
or part
thereof.
9. Rice.
No person who is authorized to sell rice supplied by the Government shall mix one standard Government quality of such rice with any other standard Government quality of such rice or with any rice not supplied by the Government or with any foreign substance.
10. Any person authorized by the Governor in writing in that behalf may enter upon and into any land, house or other building in the Colony for the purpose of inspecting the stock of rice therein and of taking samples thereof, and in case of opposition or obstruction may use force to effect such entry and inspection, and shall not be liable for any damage directly or indirectly occasioned by such forcible entry.
11. Any person who is guilty of an offence against this Ordinance or of a breach of any of the provisions thereof shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, and any rice in connexion with which any such offence has been committed shall be forfeited.
12. All powers given by this Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred by or under any enactment, and all such powers may be exercised in the same manner and by the same authority as if this Ordinance had not been made.
13. It shall be lawful for the Legislative Council to pass a resolution suspending the operation of this Ordinance or of any section or sections thereof either for a definite period or until the Legislative Council makes a further resolution reviving the operation of this Ordinance or of any section or sections thereof.
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CAP. 146]
Prohibition against
mixing rice with other qualities or with foreign substance.
Power of entry and inspection and taking samples.
Penalty.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
Saving of
other powers.
Power to suspend or revive
operation of Ordinance
or part
thereof.
9.
Rice.
No person who is authorized to sell rice supplied by the Government shall mix one standard Government quality of such rice with any other standard Government quality of such rice or with any rice not supplied by the Government or with any foreign substance.
10. Any person authorized by the Governor in writing in that behalf may enter upon and into any land, house or other building in the Colony for the purpose of inspecting the stock of rice therein and of taking samples thereof, and in case of opposition or obstruction may use force to effect such entry and inspection, and shall not be liable for any damage directly or indirectly occasioned by such forcible entry.
11. Any person who is guilty of an offence against this Ordinance or of a breach of any of the provisions thereof shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, and any rice in connexion with which any such offence has been committed shall be forfeited.
12. All powers given by this Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred by or under any enactment, and all such powers may be exercised in the same manner and by the same authority as if this Ordinance had not been made.
13. It shall be lawful for the Legislative Council to pass a resolution suspending the operation of this Ordinance or of any section or sections thereof either for a definite period or until the Legislative Council makes a further resolution reviving the operation of this Ordinance or of any section or sections thereof.
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